The UK Government-owned British Business Bank has issued its 75,000th loan through its Start Up Loans programme, marking more than £623 million invested in small businesses across the UK since its launch in 2012.
Responding to the announcement that the Council has finally made a settlement agreement for Equal Pay, Cllr Robert Alden (Con, Erdington), Leader of the Opposition and Birmingham Local Conservatives, said:The Council created this Equal Pay liability of £760 million in botched deals to end bin strike